- 1907 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds
- 1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
- 1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
- 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
- 1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
- 1965 1st NY Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St Louis
- 1976 Oakland A's release Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame baseball career
- 1977 Cincinnati Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP
- 1978 North American Soccer League (NASL) realigns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
- 1982 Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP unanimously
- 1984 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. Northern Transvaal B
Holmes vs. Smith
1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1984 Most shots in a NY Islander game (88 - Isles 45, NY Rangers 43)
1985 Russia's Garry Kasparov, at 22, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion with a 13-11 win over fellow countryman Anatoly Karpov
- 1986 Pakistan cricket team is all out for 77 against West Indies in Lahore
- 1988 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
- 1991 Houston's Roman Anderson is the first NCAA player to kick 400 points
- 1996 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill
Holyfield vs. Tyson
1996 Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times
2008 American tennis star Venus Williams wins her first career year-ending title; beats Russian Vera Zvonareva 6–7, 6–0, 6–2 in the WTA Tour Championship final at Doha, Qatar
2014 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Home favourite Petra Kvitová beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 for an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 3-1) and an 8th title for the Czechs
- 2015 World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends Russian Federation be banned from athletics competitions for running a "state-supported" doping programme
KSI vs Logan Paul
2019 YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul's second boxing match; KSI wins by split decision
- 2021 105-year-old Julia Hawkins sets a world record as the first woman and first American of her age to run 100 meters at Louisiana Senior Olympic Games [1]
Sports History
2022 Caitlin Clark makes her sophomore season debut with 26 points, eight rebounds, and six assists for Iowa against New Hampshire
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